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1997 AMP Bathurst 1000     Post Exhibition or unclassified race Sunday, October 5, 1997 at Mount Panorama Circuit, Bathurst, New South Wales 161 laps on a 6.213 kilometer street course (1000.293 kilometers) Time of race: 6:41:25.41 Average speed: 149.513 kph Pole time: 136.5958 seconds Cautions: 4 for 16 laps Margin of victory: 12.152 sec Attendance: n/a Lead changes: 15 Glossary    Other Exhibition / Unclassified Races

Pos St # Driver Team Sponsor Car Laps Status Led 1 6 83   Geoff Brabham   David Brabham Paul Morris Diet Coke / Individual by BMW BMW 161 running 8 2 8 1   Brad Jones   Frank Biela Brad Jones ORIX Audi Sport Australia Audi 161 running 4 3 11 11   Cameron McConville   Jean-Francois Hemroulle Brad Jones ORIX Audi Sport Australia Audi 161 running 12 4 13 4   Jim Richards   Rickard Rydell Volvo Dealer Racing – Volvo 159 running 0 5 12 8   Jan Nilsson   Cameron McLean Volvo Dealer Racing – Volvo 158 running 0 6 4 05   Peter Brock   Derek Warwick Triple Eight Qantas Australian Grand Prix Vauxhall 148 running 0 7 20 16   Paul Nelson   Justin Matthews   Bob Holden Bob Holden Faber-Castell BMW 146 running 0 8 25 20   Dennis Chapman   Brian Bradshaw Brian Bradshaw – BMW 144 running 0 9 26 21   Mike Fitzgerald   Jamie Miller M F Motosport – Peugeot 139 running 0 10 14 60   Julian Bailey   Warren Luff – FAI Insurance Honda 138 running 0 11 24 45   David Auger   Lawrie Kyte David Auger – Alfa Romeo 134 running 0 12 21 88   Peter Hills   Andrej Pavicevic Knight Racing Ford-Zepter Ford 80 running 0 13 17 64   Jason Richards   Brett Riley CPW Motorsport – BMW 125 mechanical 0 14 15 37   Tony Newman   Dwayne Bewley – Fastway Couriers Peugeot 121 out of fuel 0 15 18 30   Troy Searle   Geoff Full – Roadchill Express BMW 115 dnf 0 16 2 3   Alain Menu   Jason Plato Williams Renault ANZ / Merpati Airline Renault 114 differential 88 17 5 26   Patrick Watts   Neil Crompton MSD Esso Ultron Peugeot 112 engine 0 18 23 14   Ric Shaw   Anthony Robson HVE Motorsport – Hyundai 110 dnf 0 19 7 34   Steven Richards   Matt Neal Garry Rogers Valvoline Cummins Nissan 84 brakes 0 20 27 58   Paul Pickett   Bill Sieders HVE Motorsport – Hyundai 73 crash 0 21 3 6   Tim Harvey   Paul Radisich MSD Esso Ultron Peugeot 70 suspension 1 22 16 10   Neal Bates   Mark Adderton Phoenix Motorsport – Toyota 64 mechanical 0 23 22 89   Jenni Thompson   Aaron McGill   Terry Skene Knight Racing – Ford 56 mechanical 0 24 10 23   Alan Jones   Graham Moore Williams Renault ANZ / Merpati Airline Renault 38 crash 0 25 19 12   Nigel Barclay   Blair Smith   Jim Cornish Nigel Barclay – BMW 37 dnf 0 26 9 7   John Cleland   James Kaye Triple Eight – Vauxhall 32 power steering 0 27 1 2   Paul Morris   Craig Baird Paul Morris Diet Coke / Individual by BMW BMW 161 excluded 48

Fastest Lap: 136.803 seconds by Jason Plato Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes: Pos Name Nbr Sponsor Owner Car WD John Smith 10 WD Denis Cribbin 15 Toyota WD Milton Leslight 15 Toyota WD Craig Baird 22 WD David Brabham 22 WD Geoff Brabham 22 BMW WD Paul Morris 22 WD Dwayne Bewley 38 Peugeot WD Tony Newman 38 Peugeot WD Ian Luff 60 WD Terry Skene 64 Caution flag breakdown: Condition From Lap To Lap # Of Laps Reason Free Pass 1 38 38     39 43 5   #23,8,45 accident turn 4   44 68 25     69 73 5   #89 stopped turn 3   74 78 5     79 81 3   #89 stopped Mountain Straight   82 145 64     146 148 3   #11,83 accident turn 4   149 161 13       Percent of race run under caution: 9.9%             Average green flag run: 29.0 laps Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   #3 1 31 31   #2 32 32 1   #83 33 37 5   #3 38 64 27   #2 65 67 3   #3 68 68 1   #6 69 69 1   #3 70 79 10   #11 80 80 1   #3 81 99 19   #2 100 105 6   #11 106 116 11   #1 117 120 4   #83 121 123 3   #2 124 161 38